Advantages: Lots of Wildlife, A Community Project Disadvantages: Close to Motorway
SugarMill Ponds are located just outside the Village of Rawcliffe Bridge, about five miles to the West of Goole, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
This site covers an area of approximately twenty five acres and is one of the finest examples that I have seen of a former area of unsightly Industrial wasteland transformed into a tranquil, picturesque haven for Wildlife.
This site is now a designated Local Nature Reserve (LNR) and is owned by Croda Chemicals Ltd. Access to the site is completely free and there are good footpaths around the Ponds and also along a section of the Canal.
The site is quite compact and dominated by two large Ponds. There is a Car Parking area situated between these two Ponds and an area set aside for Picnickers, with wooden tables and benches.
Croda Chemicals Ltd transformed this site under ...
Advantages: Fantastic Situation, old world charm and good food Disadvantages: A Bit off the Beaten Track - will neeed a car
We came across this hotel quite by accident. It was while we were heading for the village of Troodos and decided that it was time to stop as the evening was closing in and we hadn't found any suitable accommodation. The road left would have taken us into Troodos but we took the right turning to Kyperounda and followed the hilly road down the mountain. If you take the left turn at the bridge you will enter the village of Kakopetria. This is where the MillHotel is situated and what an unusual sight it is.
Built into the mountain this building is an awesome sight when looking up to the top floor. The building has been renovated as originally the old Mill stopped working in the 1950's as milling became expensive and imported flour became available. This led to the mill closing down and eventually it fell into disrepair until it was bought ...
I stayed at the Mill House recently and was simultaneously impressed and depressed by what I found. I liked my room, which was exceptionally pretty and I liked the setting but the food was poor, the service 'patchy' and the public areas just a bit too much like a 1980s country pub with no customers.
Location
The hotel is in the tiny village of Ashington, about ten miles north of Worthing and just off the A24. If you don't know it's there, you'll struggle to find it as it's located down a pot-holed track off a poorly sign-posted side-road to the dual carriageway. Luckily someone led me to the right road as I think it would have been very easy to miss.
First Impressions
First impressions were that it looked very pretty, rural and twee but on closer inspection the rather verdant gardens were a bit too overgrown - beyond ...
